100 Most Common Russian Words EVERY BEGINNER MUST KNOW!

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interested They have I think 1000 words right Yes the 1000 most common words I won't sit here for 1000 words so make sure you check their website for more information The first word or the first particle for today is "i" It means "i" When you say this and this we use "i" for that reason So "и" means "and" in Russian Next up is "в" "В" means "in" The main meaning of it is "in something" So we're talking about location ok "В" For example I can give you a sentence I am at home I'm in the house Like I'm at the house I'm inside the house But also "v" can also be used when talking about direction When we are directed somewhere I'm going to the store I'm directed to the store So "v" can have two meanings of in and toward Next is "ne" "Ne" And "ne" means not It's typically used with verbs Whenever we want to say that I didn't do something or I'm not going to do something Or it can also be used with adjectives Whenever we're talking about he is not smart He is not beautiful he is not tall he is not this he is not that Okay So "ne" is used to say not Do not confuse it with "no" as answer We're going to talk about no I think pretty soon I'll check if it's on the list Next is he And he means he He Just a very basic personal pronoun for he Then we have na Na means on Typically again it's going to have two meanings Just like in Just like vykhod He is going to be on top of something So he Or he can also be whenever you attend some event For example I can say I am going to a concert I'm going to a concert I'm going to attend a concert Next we have I I means I I Again a personal pronoun Nothing more to explain there Then we have "what" "What" can have two meanings It can be a question Like "what" "What" is a question "What" Maybe like "what do you want" What is used in that Or if we have a complex sentence For example I can say I know that you won't come So "что" in this sentence means "that" Whenever it's a complex sentence "Я знаю" is one part of a sentence "Что ты не приедешь" is the second part And we connect the two with "chto " Next we have "tot " And "tot" means "that " It's again a pronoun But it's going to mean like that person or that thing You point at something That I can say That person hit me So you're pointing at somebody and say that Then we have to be And "byt'" is "to be" I think "byt'" is not used in the infinitive very much It is used in the future tense And it becomes "budu" Budu It's a conjugation for future sentences Or it can be was Which means was Be in present tense is an infinitive It's not used too frequently It is typically used in the future and the past And then we have c Which is a preposition C means with C can be I am eating with a friend Maybe you are at a restaurant And you are eating with him So he is keeping you company C can also have a meaning of from Whenever we're coming from something I can say I came from studies Studies Like I came from a university or something So you came from that place From that thing that you were doing And c can take on a form of so And so is used whenever the next word starts with an s and has two consonants Next is a A is going to be very similar to and But a is somewhere in the middle of and but It's not a contradiction like but But you're not comparing two similar things like and It's mostly like I did this while he did that It's mostly like while It has a meaning of while It's the closest meaning to while in Russian I can say I was cooking and he was cleaning Or I was cooking while he was cleaning So that's a for you Next is all And "vsey" means all or in its entirety the whole thing I built the whole house myself So "всё" in this sentence means the whole or all of it Next is "это" And "это" means that Or this is for example I can say this is a pen This is a pen Whenever you want to point at something or introduce something we use this for that A very common word as you can probably tell Next is "kak" "Kak" is used in typically two meanings Whenever we want to compare two things "Kak" is used like "like" You are like your father "Kak" will be used for that Or "kak" can be used in a sentence And "kak" in a question And "kak" in a question means how How did you do this And she is another personal pronoun which means she Not much to explain there Easy for me Next is "po" "Po" means on the surface off or along Think of it as I'm walking on the street I'm walking on the street I'm walking along the street Mostly it's going to be on the surface off typically And once again we're mostly talking about direction Next is but But means but We talked about and which was and We talked about while which was while And now we're talking about "but " which is "но " Again it's used to connect two parts of a sentence You did this but he didn't do that for example Next we have "onye " Another personal pronoun for they Onye Then we have "k " "K" is a very interesting one "K" means typically towards I am going towards him I 'm going toward him Going towards him means I'm going in his direction Or I'm going toward him K means toward There's also other meanings out there but they're less common We then have у "U" is very common in the phrase "u menya est'" which means "I have" But "u" as a kind of standalone preposition means "near something" I can say "ya u shkoly" I'm near the school "U" means I'm near it I'm somewhere nearby Then we have "ty " which is you Again another personal pronoun Not much to explain there Then we have iz Iz means from I came out of the store I came from the store I came out of it From Then we have "my " which is "we " Which is "we " Again a personal pronoun Then we have "za " "Za" means "behind " "Ya za uglom " I'm around the corner Or I'm around the corner There There can also be used whenever we Again it kind of has a meaning of behind I am a fan of Russia In Russian we make a distinction between the two In Russian we refer to people of respect formally as vy If it's a professor or a teacher or a stranger on the street or an elder We refer to them as "you " Next we have "tak " "Tak" is used a lot and is also often misused "Tak" means "so " In a sentence of Я делаю это так I'm doing it this way This This means this way But this can also be something like alright Now we're going to do It's more like a phrase we use to move to the next point Yes It's typically whenever we're doing something everyday like everyday things And we tell a person okay now you do something else "Tak" is used for that Then we have "zhe" "Je" is a very common one but its meaning is very strange And I recommend you all check out this video we made about "je" covering all of its meanings It's an old old video but old by gold But it's a great one with a lot of great content I'm not going to even waste my breath right now It's a very complicated particle Just check out that video right there Then we have "ot" "Ot" is another preposition that means from I stepped away from the house It's more like away or from Then one of the few verbs that we have on the list is say To say To say something Say Then we have this Do you remember we had that which means that person This means this person That is you pointing at something else further away typically But this is going to be this which is somewhere nearby I can say "I have this phone " I have this phone Then we have "kotoryy" "Kotoryy" means "which" "Kotoryy" can be a question like "which table do you want" "Kotoryy" in that case can be a question Or it can also be a conjunction when we connect two parts of a sentence For example I can say I need a phone that can make calls I want a phone that I can call For example That can be an example Then we have "can" Can is an infinitive for to be able or to can I can do something I cannot do something else Can is used for that One of the first nouns in this list is "chelovek " Chelovek means a human Then we have "o " "O" means about We talk about something Whenever a movie is about something else we use "o" for that Then we have "odin" Odin can be a numeral Or it can be to say alone I can say "I came alone " I came alone So by myself So "one" can be used to mean "by myself " Or "one" also means "one " Just a letter or just a numeral one Then we have still Still means also or more Things like that Still means one more thing for example Next up is still And "would" is "бы" I would do this I would do that I wouldn't do this So "would" is used for those kinds of sentences when we're talking about imaginary things or things that we could have done or should have done Next is such Such means this type I can say I don't like such a car I don't like this type of car Maybe it's a sedan and you might prefer a jeep or something So we use "takoy" to say this type Next we have "tol'ko" Only means only Only is used to say I'm only here for a few weeks Only is used for that Then we have myself Myself means myself In fact I think we need to make a separate video about these kinds of words "Sебя" is going to be a very unique word "Self" means myself or more of self Because it's not just myself It can be himself it can be herself it can be themselves depending on the subject of a sentence But "себя" typically means myself I can say "Я себя уважаю " I respect myself Another one is "свой " "Свой" means his own or her own Again it's going to depend on who the subject is It's one of those words that changes the meaning depending on the subject of a sentence "Свой" means his own or her own or their own It can have multiple meanings I suggest you guys look that up Probably there are videos on YouTube about it But it's a very complicated subject or concept I'm not going to spend the time right now Because it's going to be a long video if I explain every single word in detail Then we have "kakoy" Which is like "which type" or "which one" What phone do you need Which type of phone do you need Then we have when When is a question word that we use when When will you arrive When will you come Then we have already Already means already I'm already here Already is used for that Then we have for For is used to say for For something I can say I bought a cake for you I bought a cake for you For is used whenever we say for Whenever we do something for somebody else Or we buy something for someone else With the intent to give it to someone or do something for someone Then we have "vot" And "vot" is a very interesting particle because Here it is Here he came Or here he comes Usually it is accompanied by some gesture Here Then we have " kto" "Kto" means who It's a question word that we ask Who is going to come "Kto" is used for that Then we have "da" "Da" means yes Very basic kind of word Yes Also "da" has this kind of secret meaning of "but" How can that be I don't know It means yes but also but It can be an example like this He came but without a gift It is also used for that It has a kind of secret meaning Next we have "to speak" To speak is another verb that means to talk We first had to say now it is to talk To speak And then we have god which is a year Year Now we're getting into more interesting words and fewer particles and prepositions We have znat' which is to know Znat' is to know Then we have "moy " "Moy" means mine It's just talking about your possessions Then we have "do " "Do" means until or to I can say "Ya doshel doma " I walked home or I walked until I reached home Do means before or until Then we have or Or means or One or the other Or is used for that Then we have if If is used for conditional sentences and it means if If you come I will be happy If you will come I'll be happy Then we have time Time is time Time Then we have hand A hand or an arm Fun fact In Russian the word "ruka" refers to both hand and arm This whole thing is all hand I can talk about my hand as hand or my arm as hand In English of course we have to separate hand from arm Then we have "no " "No " means no As answer "no " Also "нет" can be used to say that there 's nothing there Meaning like I don' t have something I can say "у меня нет воды " I don't have water For example No is also used for that Then we have samy Samy means the most The most beautiful The most smart I guess the smartest The word "самый" is used for that For that superlative form Then we have "не" "Не" is not to be confused with "не" "Не" is used to say neither this nor that I can say I didn't have a phone or a computer I didn't have a phone I didn't have a computer Neither did I have a phone Kind of like that "Ne" is used to say neither or I had neither computer nor phone I guess like that Then we have "stat'" "Stat'" means to become To become somebody Go Then we have big Big means big And it's an adjective Big Then we have even And even means even Even he came Even Then we have another Going pretty fast with it right Another Another means different or another Another Then we have ours Ours means ours It's again talking about possession of us as multiple people Then we have nu Nu means… It's kind of like a particle we use in conversation Well meaning like this happened So it doesn't really have as much meaning besides just being a filler word Well Then we have pod Pod means under or underneath something It can be a physical thing like you're under something or it can be in a company where you're under somebody You know like under the governance Then we have where And where can be a question of where Where are you Or where can also be a conjunction I can say "We met where we usually do " "We met where we meet usually or as usual " So "где" is used for both of those meanings Then we have "дело " And "delo" means a matter or a business You know when you have your own thing that you're doing that you're involved with Then we have "est'" And "est'" has two meanings To be to exist And the other is to eat So the same spelling However if you conjugate the two verbs they'll have different conjugations So the only thing that is the same about to eat to be or to exist is the infinitive form But all the rest is going to be different The meaning is different And the conjugation is different too Then we have sam And sam means by myself When you're doing something with your own hands or doing something on your own For example imagine this scenario You delegated some task to somebody and they didn't do it right And you say "I'll do it myself " Kind of like that Then we have "raz " And "raz" has multiple meanings The most common one is time or attempt I can say "Oдин raz " One time or one try Two times Two times But "raz" can also mean "since" Since you didn't come I won't go either Since you didn't come then I won't go either So "raz" can have two meanings I guess they don't have the same Maybe they used to have the same kind of root But the meaning is so different that it makes me think that it's just a completely different word but with the same spelling Then we have чтобы I'm surprised that "chtoby" didn't make it higher on the list "Chtoby" means "for something in order to something" I can say "Ya priyezdal chtoby uvidet tebya " I came to see you So "чтобы" means to or with a goal of or in order to Then we have "два" which means to Just a numeral for to Then we have "там" There means there Somewhere over there Then we have chyom Chyom is It can be either a form of chto which is what Whenever we talk about some object Or it can be used in a comparative form I can say I am smarter than you I'm smarter than you "Chem" can be either "what" or "then " Then we have "glaz" which is an eye Eye Sometimes it can be used in the meaning of sight but more frequently as the meaning of an eye Then we have "zhizn" Life means life Life Then we have first First means first First So it's just like a numeral but not a numeral but an ordinal number So it's like a meaning of order First second third etc Then we have day Day means day Day Day typically refers to a day on a calendar but can also refer to an afternoon Day Then we have here We had there before which was there but here is here Here Then we have "vo" Vo And "vo" it can be either a variation of "v" just adding the extra "o" to the end of it or it can be a part of a combination Like first At first First But also "vo" can be used as a particle I guess to say "vo" Awesome Amazing But typically "vo" is accompanied with the thumbs up "Vo " Or it can be accompanied with some negative like a middle finger like take this kind of a thing I'm not going to show it of course but you know what I' m saying Then we have nothing And nothing means nothing But typically we see nothing in the form of nothing Nothing is more common I think Then we have then which means afterwards or then Then so after something else Then we have very Very means very When you say very smart very smart Then they have one that we already talked about so we 're gonna skip this one Then they have want Want means to want something I want to go home I want to go home Want Then we have "li" "Li" is a particle to say whether In English we have kind of a different logic or different structure but in Russian if we want to say ask him if he wants to do something or ask him whether he wants to do something We say it like this Ask him whether he wants to eat So we put "li " after the verb like whether he wants or not But we just put "li" after once And that's gonna have the same meaning Then we have "pri" "Pri" means attached to something or "pri" in front of somebody For example I can say "in front of" for the meaning of in front of I can say I don't want to take clothes off in front of people So " pri" is used for that Then we have "golova " which is "head " Golova Then we have "nado " "Nado" is typically used to say "we have to " We have to do something We need to leave So "надо" is used for that Then we have "без" which means without Without Pretty self-explanatory Then we have "videt" "Videt" means to see It's actually mostly to talk about your physical ability to see something Not to look at something But more like to be able to see Then we have go Go means to go A very common verb as well Go means to go and typically refers to going by walking Then we have now Now means now but now is not just I cannot say now I'm recording this video with now Now is not used for that Now is used to talk about the change of something when something has changed I may have been weak when I was young But now I'm strong So it's a change of a fact I was weak but now I'm strong Now is used for that Then we have also "Also" means as well Or typically when somebody says something and you can say I also Me too So that's kind of the meaning of also When you are repeating what somebody else has done Not like I did this and that too We don't use тоже for that reason Then we have стоять Stand means to stand Stand Then we have friend Friend means a friend Male friend Friend We're also going to include the word podrugа for female friend Podrugа Then we have dom which is a house Dom And then we have the two last ones We have now Now means now Remember when we said that now is a change of state that it was this but now it's something else Now can be used to talk about right now what's happening right this second Now And the last word for today Congratulations you made it to the very end And the word is "can " "Can" means "it is allowed to " Or it can be a question "Can I do something " But mostly "can" is used to say "it is allowed to do something " Now you know the 100 most common Russian words or particles or prepositions 100 of the top ones And I hope that this was useful And you're going to use these words in your own speech And if you want to cover your basics in Russian join our BeFluent Camp with this button right here and learn with us And set your foundation straight with us See you there